Got another game in last night, tested the storm ravens at 300pts with twin assault cannons, twin HB, a single AT5+ shot and twin hurricane bolters, they seemed pretty good, albeit not superpowered....
Will write up the game in this post when this damn headache eases off
I took
Tacticals - hunter, vindicator, supcom - 500
Death Company - jump packs, 2x dreads - 475
Assaults - 2 extra stands, furioso dread, chaplain - 350
Devs - 250
Scouts - laserback - 175
Scouts - 150
Storm Ravens - 300
Strike Cruiser - 200
Storm Talons - 200
Thunderhawk - 200
Thunderhawk - 200
Dave took EpicUK world eaters, something like
Retinue - Warlord, pact, 2 destroyers
Retinue - pact, 2 destroyers
Retinue - pact, 2 destroyers
Retinue - pact (dreadclaws), 2 destroyers
Terminators - pact
Hellcannons
Lord of battle
Spaceship
Hellblades
hellblades
Having looked I just realised he has 1050 in his 1/3 allowance, but hey how
Game started with strike Cruiser hitting one retinue for decent damage, the podding Devs however did very little and were promptly eaten by a nearby lord of battles, he CAPed a formation of hellblades and shot down my storm Talons
The death company and assault marines blatted his supcom retinue and the hellcannons, the scouts sat on OW near my objectives on the left for most of the game, there were a lot of big engagements in the game which was pretty brutal, Dave took my BTS but couldn't get over to capture enough objectives after I stripped his rhinos, it ended as a draw at the end of T4 with Dave up 1-0
The list felt good, powerful as you would expect, and was mostly able to go toe to toe with the world eaters, the assault marines performed as assault marines should, the storm ravens are an excellent reserve unit, and death company with 2 dreads in a thunderhawk makes a suitably deadly thunderhawk load
I think the reduced costs on the assault marine upgrade (2 stands for 50pts) coupled with the improved storm ravens really help the list, there were also a couple of moments when the red thirst rule forced me to take risks when I didn't want to feed the remnants of my death company into a nearby terminator retinue (jump packs are a curse in that regard!)
Overall, pleased with the shape of the list, keen to push it forward to approval now